Quttinirpaaq National Park
82.2844° N, 71.1247° W
Quttinirpaaq National Park, Nunavut. 82.2844° N, 71.1247° W
National park, 38,000 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/nu/quttinirpaaq-national-park/, compiled October 9, 2026
- Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
- HydroLAKES v1.0, Messager et al. 2016 / WWF HydroSHEDS. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Canadian Geographical Names Database, Natural Resources Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
- Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
- Photographs, Wikimedia Commons contributors. Each photo carries its own licence (CC0, public domain, CC BY or CC BY-SA), credited where shown.
Quttinirpaaq National Park is a 38,000 km² national park 138 km southwest of Alert, in Nunavut. It was established in 1986.
20 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Lake Hazen (547 km²).
- Area
- 38,000 km²
- Established
- 1986
- Named lakes
- 20
Sun and moon today
- Civil dawn
- 6:40 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 9:35 a.m.
- Sunset
- 3:23 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:17 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 7:16 a.m.
- Moonset
- 2:54 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
In the park
The 12 largest of 20 named lakes, ranked by area.
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake Hazen | 547 km² |
| 2 | Ekblaw Lake | 17.8 km² |
| 3 | Craig Lake | 14.3 km² |
| 4 | Heintzelman Lake | 10.1 km² |
| 5 | Kilbourne Lake | 5.44 km² |
| 6 | Murray Lake | 5.03 km² |
| 7 | Yelverton Lake | 3.88 km² |
| 8 | Turnabout Lake | 3.84 km² |
| 9 | Alexandra Lake | 2.68 km² |
| 10 | Lewis Lake | 2.45 km² |
| 11 | Thores Lake | 2.3 km² |
| 12 | Rollrock Lake | 1.7 km² |
Rivers
Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.
Official record
- Designation
- National park
- IUCN category
- II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
- Managed by
- Parks Canada Agency
Names
- Parc national du Canada QuttinirpaaqFrench form